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-gnitrh grates gaunt Hire JAMES R. BROWN, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO E. HASH- CROET, OFSAME PLACE.

rem Pate'nt No. 79,124, dated July.7, 1868.

flit: Sunfish em :tuii r that "new int hating tart hi Iberian TO ALLPERSONS'TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS Mn; eoMEe, v V p p Be it known-that I, JAMES R; BsoWN, of Boston}: in the county of-Sull'olk, and'State of Massuchusetts, have iuventedan Improved'Pipe-Tongs 5 and do hereby declarethe same to he fullydescribed'in the following speei- "fication, and represented in the aeeompanying dr awings,;otiwhich- Figure 1 isa side elevation,

Figure 2 an edge-"view, and

Figure 3 a longitudinal section of them, I My present invention maybe said-t6 be animproveme'rit 'referenceto the pipeflrongs espatentedhy mepNove'mber 30,'18 58, and described in the United States'patent, No. 22,157. i m

In my present pipe-tongs I do not emplo' y e centre-pin for the tooth-lever, and thus avoid the danger. and. annoyance of breakage of such pin.,- e 4 I In emstrhcting mypresent improved pipe-tongs, not only make it'w-ith the tooth-jaw'lever extended through a. slot in the hook jm v lever, and arranged so as to -abut--against-the adjusting-screw (attending intosueh slot, but with the tooth-jaw providedwith one or two'jshouldrirs, to rest against the hook-jaw lever. I false-apply to or combine with the tooth-jaw layer a stud, to keep the saidleveriu place within theslot of the hooh-jew lever.

In the drawings} A denotes the hook-jawldver, provided with a hook or claw, a, formed with debt, t, euteuding through the shank 0 thereof. A screw 0', is serewed into the shank and one end. of. the slot.

The tooth-jaw lever is shown at B as going through the'slot b,, and provided with a tooth-jaw, d, to extend d i in one or both directions from the part going through the slot, such being so as to form, at the bese of the toothjaw, one or two shoulders, e; to bear against the edge-of theshank of "the hook-jaw lever. A pin or stud,f, is projected from the tooth-jaw lever, near the opposite edge of the said shank} and serves, with the shoulder or shoulders aforesaid, to keep the twojsw-le-vers in conjunction. By turning up the screw, the tooth-jaw lever may be moved toward the elow or hook-jaw. v i l I herein make no claim to the subjectof'the aforesaid patent, my present pipe-tongs being much better to construction, as well as stronger and'les'sliable to get out of order. Q t Nor do I claim the extending of one jaw-lever throgh a. slot in the other,v and connecting the twoby a. fulcrum or joiut-pin, such being common to many tongs, and seen iu 'the pipe-tongs represented in the patent of P. Herbert, dated August-28, 1866, Ivwhqlly dispense with any connection-pinto go through the two levers, such being liable to he easily broken under the great strain to which it is often subjected; v I apply to the jaw d-the two shoulders e a, to support the jaw, 'und I use a pin,f, simply to keep the lovers together; Furthermore, I arrange the udjusting-screw'of the jaw-lever B in line with the two jaws, and to bear against one of them and aid in supporting it; therefore, T l i I cluim'us my iuventinn-- I I v The arrangsmentand combination of the hook-jaw leverA end the tooth-jaw lever B, when constructed as shown' und'describsd, and the latter is oontrolledby its shouldered, the pinf, and the screw C; p I I i e JAMES R. B ROWN.

Witnesses: y or a V l R. H. Ennv, F; P; HALE, Jr. 

